Isbn: 9780283987151 - greatest power on earth (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:0283987154.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. xiv+342pp, 16pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a very slightly edge worn dustjacket. The complete story of the discovery & manupulation of the power locked wthin the Atom, which follows the story from the early 20th & the parts played by Lord Rutherford, Otto Hahn, Niels Bohr, Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill etc etc 825 grams.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-dulled and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Light stain on the wrapper. Includes previous owner's inscription. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiii, 342 pages; 24 cm. Notes: Bibliography: page [299]-304. Subjects: Nuclear fission History. Nuclear physics Research. Nuclear fission Research 1919-1979. Genre: Bibliography. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Fine book in clean fresh red cloth covers with bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions. The dust jacket is near fine and not price clipped; fading to titles on spine. A lovely copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hardback First Edition The Greatest Power on Earth: The Story of Nuclear Fission With a foteward by Lord Zuckerman Used - Fine. 342 pages plus 16 pages of B&W photographs. A well-presented history or nuclear fission from the early years of the 20th Century onwards, told with the benefit of recently-released material in the Public Records Office. .(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Condition Notes: Top edge of the text block slightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp (xiii) 342; Index; Bibliography; Preface by Lord Zuckerman; Contains: Black & white photographs; References; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #180074 ||. …

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Condition Notes: Price Clipped. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Text complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp (xiii) 342; Index; Preface by Lord Zuckerman; Contains: Black & white photographs; References; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #180332 ||. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of the first edition in very good condition. With eight pages of photographs at the centre of the book. A well-presented history or nuclear fission from the early years of the 20th Century onwards, told with the benefit of recently-released material in the Public Records Office. ***Very good in red cloth-covered boards with block-gilt titles to the spine. The boards are nice and clean, and the gilt is still beautifully bright. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. No bumps. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight with the page block slightly pulled away (heavy paper stock used). Page block edges just lightly foxed. Internally also very good with no inscriptions or annotations. Interior pages are clean. No foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good monochrome-illustrated dustwrapper, which is unpriced. The dustwrapper is complete, with just the slightest of rubbing at the extremities, and slight creasing to the top and tail of the spine. No other creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper crisp and bright. ***240mm x 160mm. 342 pages including a detailed section of Bibliography, Notes and References and Index at the back of the book. ***Contents: Part One: PROLOGUE TO A DISCOVERY 1 From the Greeks to the Edwardians, 2 Towards the Greatest Power on Earth, 3 "At Variance with All Previous Experience", Part Two: GREAT EXPECTATIONS 4 A Problem for Committees, 5 Progress with a Plan, 6 An Awkward Decision of state, 7 All Honourable Men, 8 Sowing the wind, 9 Letting Matters Drift, 10 A Trace of Indecision, 11 Over the Brink, Part Three: ON TO THE DARKLING PLAIN 12. "An Entirely New Situation", 13 agreement to Disagree, 14 The Whirlwind arrives, 15 A Small Cloud on the Horizon, 16 Power or Peril, 17 Close of Play? - Bibliography, Notes and References, Index. ***'When did men first try to unleash the power locked within the atom? How was nuclear fission missed during the mid-1930s and discovered on the eve of the second world war? Did the Americans, during the war, unscrupulously use European discoveries? Or were they justified in thinking that the British were, even then, concentrating on post-war nuclear power? Was Truman or Churchill mainly responsible for trying to hoodwink Stalin at Potsdam? How did a cable-coding error lead to the Quebec Agreement under which commercial nuclear advantages after the war would be dealt with "on terms to be specified by the President of the United States to the Prime Minister of Great Britain?"' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces neutrons and gamma rays, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radioactive decay. The free energy released by the fission of one uranium-235 atom is about 100 million times the energy released by burning one carbon atom in air to produce CO2. Nuclear fission was discovered by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Hahn and Strassmann proved that a fission reaction had taken place on 19 December 1938, and Meitner and her nephew Frisch explained it theoretically in January 1939. Frisch named the process "fission" by analogy with biological fission of living cells. In their second publication on nuclear fission in February 1939, Hahn and Strassmann predicted the existence and liberation of additional neutrons during the fission process, opening up the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction by assembling a critical mass of fissile material.' (Wiki) ***A first edition of this fascinating study of the discovery of Nuclear Fission. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First UK edition. VGC.Sidwick and Jackson,1980.First UK edition.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(some creases,nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photographs.Nice and clean pages with small foxing and ink marks on the outer edges,two small marks,nicks and scratch on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover.350pp including List of illustrations,foreword by Lord Zuckerman,bibliography,notes and references,index.Heavy book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First UK edition. VGC.Sidwick and Jackson,1980.First UK edition.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(some creases,nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photographs.Nice and clean pages with small foxing and ink marks on the outer edges,two small marks,nicks and scratch on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover.350pp including List of illustrations,foreword by Lord Zuckerman,bibliography,notes and references,index.Heavy book.…